BJ: Excellent work. Nine correct guesses! However, you did have one correct last time that you have changed. Dreamer, you have 3 correct, but maybe that will help you eliminate some possibilities? Youre 3 correct guesses were also correct in BJ's list; The 3 that you have correct were all also correct in your last list - that should help I think.

I don't know how Dreamer feels, but this has become a team effort as far as I'm concerned and I wish her (and maybe someone yet to reveal themselves out there) the best. ;)
Thanks for the encouragement onward Pim. ;)

Here goes followed by a brief description of my decision where possible:

A- Camerhound (because he didn't try to hide and I soooo appreciate it!)
B- Mayne (because he's just plain silly and my favorite kind of silly too)
C- Johanna (because it's so very important to him to share his culture with us)
D- PuMa (because of all the flame showing up lately in his images)
E- Mum42 (because her growth in this area has been by leaps, bounds, and SHARP pointy things)
F- KJH000 (because he can and because he can so well!)
G- MonkeyPuzzle (because he's the only one here who's work I've seen this in before)
H- Torque (He can take this high quality photo and he can manipulate it with filter used in Tribalize)
I- Reese (because she can also manipulate and choose filters wisely)
J- Captain Hero (because of the color choice and the use of poser (possibly) for the hand)
K- Mimi5947 (because under all that neon is a gorgeous flower shot I would expect from her!)
L- Speedy (because he loves blue and light)
M- Joby (for his love of water)

Sorry, I didn't realise it was a new list. You once again have 9 correct. All are the same as last time except 1, which means 1 that was correct has been moved. So 8 that you didn't move are still correct.

Now, you left 9 in the same position. So only one of those is incorrect; if you can figure out which one, it will help you alot...

Lost everyone wayyyyyyyyyyyyy back it appears. I don't blame them. If I hadn't been temporarily disabled there is no way I could have spent the time on this that I have to date. I have to admit that last guess was a "wing it" attempt for another clue. I put the stack of notes, pics, numbers, etc. aside and threw caution to the wind.

Ms. Dreamer, you have my ultimate respect, it's your turn g/f. I shall wait with bells on even if they are ringing non-stop in my overworked brain!! Thank you for swearing for me. I feel much better now! lol

Pim, YOU ARE AWESOME! ;)

Sam, keep those math skills sharp and coming! I know this has taken a good deal of your time as well. Even though math is not my strong subject, I'm sure that's the ticket to ultimately figuring this out.

Yeah, well, evidently math and charts aren't working for me either. 5 in that list, 9 there, 7 all match, 9 but, 1 new right and 1 right now wrong. As I said in the begining, there can only be a few thousand combinations!!! Havn't even looked at the pictures the last few posts.
A-Camerahound B-Mayne C-Johanna D-Mimi E-Mum F-Kjh G-Torque H-Reese I-Puma J-Captain Hero K-Monkeypuzzle L-Speedy M-Joby

Just wanted to let you ladies know that I am following the guessing with interest, only not commenting because I wouldn't want to give anything away. But I'm not so worried about that at this point because it doesn't deem like giving anything away would even help much, and Pim seems to be doing ok posting here without letting the cat out of the bag :). I do continue to wish you both luck in this and I wish you had some help. Seems like you're getting pretty close now though. Hope you solve it soon! Maybe we should think about some sort of hint that DOESN'T involve math? ;)

Hi Josh. Yes, you are AWESOME too. ;) Thanks for popping in. All encouragement onward most appreciated. I'm going to do "the math" now.............No one eats at the kitchen table until I'm done!! It's the only place I have enough room for all these notes!
I don't want to be anywhere near that cat when let out of that bag!! Been in there a loooooong time now.

My first is in "Numbers", but never in "Fifth"
My second in "Witchcraft" but not within "Hex"
My third is in "Bagel" but never in "Bun"
My fourth is in "Seashell" but not in a "Bay"
My fifth is in "Enemy" but not in "Foe"
My sixth is in "Definite", not in "Maybe"
My sevenths in "Weekend" and also "Weekday"
Keep trying and your perseverance will pay
My Ninth's not in "Oedipus", but is within "Rex" So now you must know I am "_______"

Hehe. :) I've been following your guesses here pretty closely. It's pretty much the no.1 thing I do at caedes now. (I don't have time for much more Im afraid...) I second Josh and Matthew on why I don't post here. Sam was pretty clear that we should not comment but I guess it doesn't matter if it's only general stuff and best wishes. :)

I'm wishing you bouth the best of luck all the way from Sweden. ^_^ I'm somewhat surprised that not more people are guessing.

I'm waiting egerly for you to succed for strictly egoistic reasons as well, I have some stuff I want to upload but I can't do it until this round is over, since it's somewhat related to my contribution here.

No Pim, you havn't given anything but encouragement, we figured that even the participants had long ago been bored watching BJ and I analyze this thing. One of us WILL wrap this thing up any day now (unless there's someone else out there quietly watching, waiting to jump in, now's the time.) Then we can start discussing some of these wonderful, odd or maddening images.

I don't think Dreamer or I either one expected the artist's themselves to post. The extra encouragement with no clues that Pim has given throughout has made us feel a bit less like we're in this alone though and for that I'm grateful. Let's not make him feel badly for that. I think we are speaking more of the silence of others. Had more participated, the faster this could have gone I'm sure. I'm fully with Dreamer on her last sentence and hope all of you will participate once we can share our maddening investigating with you. I have a few things I can't wait to say! lol

Ok, here goes...I promise not to give a single clue as to which image is mine, but I want BJ & dreamer to know that I am their # 1 cheerleader (complete with pom-poms) lol....I think that when all the guessing is done, the prize money should be divided equally for their true dedication & all the effort they have put forth into this round. They are true Caedes-addicted fans. Way to go!!!! Yea!! Give me a "C"...give me an "A", give me an "E", give me a "D", give me an "E", give me an "S"...go caedes fans, go!!!!! Oh and dreamer, I as an artist,( how egotistical that sounds :) ), am not a bit bored watching you & BJ struggle with this contest. Keep it going!! Round 1 went fast, this one is s..l..o..w..e..r... :)) Thank you for all the hard work you two have put in on this and Sam, forgive me for breaking my vow of silence, but I know not what I do!!!!!

Dreamer: You have 9 correct in your last guess. THey are all the same as the guesses BJ had on 06/10. No more clues, that was a biggie, but then again you seem to pretty much have those 9 sussed anyway. At least now you should be able to forget about them and concentrate on the final four... perhaps... there is still at least one that might cause some frustration.

As for everyone else, I don't mind if you comment, but make sure you don't give anything away! I know personally there is nothing more dissapointing than working for ages on a puzzle, only to have someone give it away just when you are getting close...

Hellooooooo everyone.
I'm ready to take what I hope will be my last stab at it here. Then again I've said that before. ;0
I'm even shaking this time so I hope that's a good sign! lol
I have to tell you that sometimes I've been leary about this because I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings by giving them a "lesser" image than what they are capeable of, etc.
Sam's math and mine haven't added up since after the first couple of posts. There was always one "extra" match hanging there.......until now.

I must say there is a small and twisted sort of satisfaction to see you get stumped after you beat the crap out of all my contests BJ, but I think you have paid the penalty now and I hope you gals win this one soon :). I think we are all anxious to be outed when it comes to our image submissions here. And just like the other artists submitting here, I am as stumped as anybody else about which is which. I surely don't envy the task of sorting out the 6 million-some possible combinations here. I think Sam's math has made it a bit easier than it would have been just saying 'no' to each guess, but certainly a long way from easy :). My good luck wishes continue...

Dedication, we know everybody's just waiting for somebody to end this thing. Let's see what Bj's post weeds out 'cause we've got seven of you. And yipee that's more than half way there! We may have to start a new user info sheet because I don't think I've seen one this long before.

Hmmm... I'm almost afraid to say this... BJ, you still have 9 correct. What you may not have realised is that even though you had nine correct matches, there were actually ten that matched, so one of them was incorrect. Sorry to make things difficult. Anyway, let's see if I can make things easier; You have moved one correct placement into an incorrect position. If you swap it with the name you have replaced it, you will have two names in the correct place. Obviously you have also moved one you had incorrect into the right place too. If you can just figure out which two to swap, you will only be two images away from the solution. I hope this gives you some encouragement! I know this must be real tough if you don't have the answers right in fromt of you... :-)

Sam, as you may have read in above post, I have always had one more match than what you said the correct number was since about the second post. Oh well, Dreamer is still with us. Maybe she will hit paydirt with her next turn. ;) You should see all that I DO have in front of me!

I'm beginning to wonder if the number 9 is significant in some other area of my life I should be paying attention to?! lol hmmmmm?

Dreamer, there are 10 correct in that list. Well done. Clue: The extra one you have correct is the one I said to swap to get two correct. See if you can figure it out. BTW someone suggested above that you guys get to split the prize money; that sounds like a good idea to me!

I just wanted to throw in my own mathematical observation based on what Sam just said (not saying anything having to do with knowing which image is mine). Since there are 10 correct in that list that means there are 3 incorrect. That means no two names can be swapped (because then the third one that was wrong would have nowhere else to go). So on your next guess be sure not to swap any pair of names from this last guess. Hope that makes sense to the guessers.

All I can say to BJ & dreamer is this...I am so glad I am a participant & not a "guesser"! I don't do logical math well like Sam is referring to & Josh, your paragraph might as well have been in a foreign language...lol
Keep up the good work, my guessers, you have done noble so far. Thank you both again for sticking and staying with this contest that has now become a project!!
I feel the end is near..................... .....................................

Understood Josh, but, which three? Our next guess could make the situation worse before it gets better in order to confirm or deny. That's what we've been working with, Springsteen keeps running through my head, one step up and two steps back.

(((((((((((((((((((((((DR EAMER))))))))))))))))))))))))))
WE (Yes, joined at the hip) finally did it!!!!!!!!! Laughter and tears indeed!
I wish Mimi were here to type everything I want to say for me. I just know she could take every one of my thoughts and put them into the most entertaining read! There are many and there's so much to say to all the artists. This has been sooooooo mind boggling! I think early on MP had us stuck. So, the other night I trashed EVERYTHING (much to the happiness of my kitchen table and family), made all new lists, and went through each sentence of this page. By the morning I had a list that for the first time ever, every bit of the math worked on every single post. I wanted to wait for Dreamer but then saw Anthony come online. I rushed here. lol I thought he had it figured out. Scared me good!! Turns out he was just here to add support and math help. Thank you Anthony! I hope if there's another contest you will in fact jump in there!
Dreamer and I probably know more about all of you now than you ever wanted us too! lol
I know she dug as deep and there isn't one square inch of your works we haven't seen at least once if not a dozen times. I even investigated all the oceans to find that color of teal!! Geeeeze. I was watching comments all of you left on other's works too. From the beginning I tried to see who came online or posted right after a new guess image came up. That proved fruitless though, but hey, it was a plan when I had nothing else.
To all the artists, I hope you have been flattered rather than offended by our guesses. All of you have a unique creative genius about you and that part of it was always interesting and fun.
Sam, THANKS!! I hope you'll consider this again. Perhaps a little more "word out" and it could fly again. It was fun. I wouldn't trade a single maddening moment. It's been some time now since winning mattered AT ALL. It was busting this thing open and a joint quest between Dreamer and I. A do or die thing! I don't think either one of us could take the humiliation of quitting! lol

Ahhhhhhhhhh...finally the silence can be broken! I have been so afraid breaking that vow of silence I took when I entered this contest!! I am so pleased to have been in the company of such great artists as Darryl,mum,Joost, Josh,Pim and all the others who I cannot remember without looking back again (aging is not for the weak of heart!! lol). It was a privelege & and an honor to have dreamer & BJ work so hard & do all the research they did to grant ALL of us our RIGHTFUL place on the list of guesstheartist Round 2. I doubt that I would have had the dedication that both of them used to acknowledge our works!! I tip my hat & salute both of them for hanging with us while we did everything we could to "stump the guessers"! BJ...excellent job girlfriend. I was beginning to think I would never hear Sam say "We have a winner"! dreamer, what can I say except you were soooooo close & I appreciate all the work you did! This definitely became a project & toward the end, a very closely watched project by the Caedes.net community!
Sam, thank you for all your hard work, all the posting you did, that damn logical math you did for BJ & dreamer & your personal vow of silence. I will anxiously await your return from interstate to view the "prize" for our winner. Now, my work begins. I must take the winning list and view the images and match them up with the artist because I humbly admit, I did not know who's work was who's!!! .....BJ, thank you for doing all the hard work for me!!! Job well done to both of you!
My heartfelt thanks for hanging with it.....
Mimi

BJ you rascal!!! Well done, and dreamer as well. I really admire the determination and effort. I can finally apologize for my image stumping you so badly. I never thought mine would be one to trick anyone too much but that just goes to show what I know. Thanks for sticking with it, it's all been said before. You saved the poor contest from extinction, hopefully we can regroup and get another one off the ground so I can pay my debt to guessing. CONGRATS!

Before this thing even began I took a look at the images from the first contest, That one seemed to be about how well everyone knew the work of the other regular contributors to this community. I've only been here for three or four months, but I've seen probably 80 per cent of the images stored in this archive and every new post since I first logged on. I can see the work of my favorite artists as soon as the pages begin to open. I think when this set came up The hide and seek began. I know I've looked and sounded a little strange to friends and co-workers this last week, carrying around an expanding notebook and mumbleing "Torque, no Speedy no,no found him in post five."If BJ and I had not kept PMing each other and saying "breathe, let the stress out, we're almost there" I don't know if I would have stuck it out. I'd really like to thank all of you for comming in at the end here and boosting us on. and Bj, you took that last three and dropped them precisely where they belonged. I'm getting some sleep tonight! BJ YOU ARE TRULY HEROIC and SAM bet you didn't know what you were getting into hosting a panel of thirteen for two players you will always be appreciated. Thanks for letting me play the game. Kilie

Lol Torque. I did guess you there on my second guess as I thought about your shutter speed fun...it was just those, those, those numbers! Arghhhh. Then I started thinking well Mimi has a firefighting son, then all the flames in PuMa's images. Oh brother.

Hi Teresa! Wow. You were quiet! And, Klas, that lily pic I have of yours in my favorites. What a toss up that one was! Same colors and everything.

Matthew, Everytime I saw that okay sign on that hand of yours and grumbling that it was NOT okay. lol

Tracy, towards the end I started to sweat that you were pulling our legs and we had been completely wrong from the get go. I'm happy to know we weren't. Thank you!

Darryl, thanks for all the laughs. You can put your head back on and I think you are clean now! ;0

Mimi, hope we see that beautiful flower under all that neon posted soon. ;) and thanks so much for being such a lively and fun cheerleader!

Joost, a very interesting and different post indeed!! As always, a pleasure to be in your gallery.

Avi, ehem, uhm, stumped us BIGTIME! How long have you been giggling? ;)- Throwing that winged creature in on us right after all of Pim's Olympic people!

Speedy, thanks for sticking to that blue and light you do so well!! ;)

Mum. I'm amazed at your growth in this area with your images. That one was a toss up between you and Speedy for a bit.

Joby, fooled me but not Dreamer. She was convinced. We both believed in your love for water. That helped. And, through all my research I would still like to know where that is?

Last but not least, PIM> A special reason I'm saving him for last. I would love for everyone to offer congratulations to the one who really accomplished something far more valuable today! He passed an exam today that will further him along in becoming a graphic artist! The real challenge of life itself and the most deserving of our praises! Way to go Pim!

Well, I'm glad you guys seem to enjoy it, that was the whole point so as long as everyone had fun... i believe there is another official contest coming up shortly ("mum's the word" as a famous person once said...) so we might wait until after that is over before we think about round three. Once again congrats to BJ, and to Dreamer, for your perseverence; I don't think I would have been able to even try one guess. The "prize" will be posted as soon as I get beck from Melbourne (I had already engraved both your names on it :-)

My first is in "Hip hip" but never "Hooray"
My second in "Finished", but not in "Done"
My third is in "Gym" but never in "Pecs"
My fourth is in "Mother" but not in "Papa"
My fifth is the same as it was in line three
My sixth is in "Utter" but never in "Say"
My seventh in "Mother", and never "Daddy"
My Eighth is contained within "Special Effects"
You may not believe me, but I still assert If you put this together, it all spells "______"

You will be led to the knowledge of the internal things which are invisible to you, by the external things which you see before you. . . . Even so then, we can represent to ourselves in thought the Author of all that is, by contemplating and admiring the (visible) things which He has made, and ever brings into being.
- Hermes